The Bank of England is likely to keep its bond plan on hold for the next few months as inflation prevents officials from adding stimulus, Confederation of British Industry Director General Richard Lambert said.

A lengthy public inquiry into the behavior of U.K. banks in the wake of the “Barclays firestorm” would pose substantial risk “in this period of systemic fragility,” Richard Lambert wrote in the Financial Times.

Vallares Plc, an investment vehicle that plans to invest in oil and gas assets, raised 1.3 billion pounds ($2 billion) in a share sale this month, about the same amount as was raised in the whole of last year by U.K. companies in new equity, net of buybacks and acquisitions, Richard Lambert wrote in the Financial Times.